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Do place and venue have the same meaning? If not, what are the differences and when do we use which?

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A venue is a special kind of place:

venue |ˈvenˌyoō| noun the place where something happens, esp. an organized event such as a concert, conference, or sports event : the river could soon be the venue for a powerboat world championship event. [NOAD]

Thus all venues are places, but not all places are venues. Your house, for example, is a place. The stadium in your city is a venue. Your house could be a venue, however, if you were to host some kind of gathering there.

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  • Thanks. So a venue always relates to an event?
    – Joshua Partogi
    Commented Jun 12, 2011 at 14:25
  • That is correct.
    – Robusto
    Commented Jun 12, 2011 at 14:29
  • A venue is a place to which people come for a purpose. The word derives from the French verb "venir" = to come. ++ From the Online Etymology Dictionary: venue (n.) c. 1300, "a coming for the purpose of attack," from Old French venue "coming" (12c.), from fem. past participle of venir "to come," from Latin venire "to come," from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come." The sense of "place where a case in law is tried" is first recorded 1530s. Extended to locality in general, especially "site of a concert or sporting event" (1857).
    – Greybeard
    Commented Jul 28, 2020 at 16:59

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